Testimonials

Go see it if you haven’t. Great opportunity to see a powerful and informative story! Please tell others!

It’s a must see in my book.

Didn’t think I’d get emotional watching it. Wasn’t prepared to hear about and see Norm and Richard. Very good movie that I hope many can see.

This is excellent. I’m so proud of you and the work you are doing.

Thank you for coming (to show the film). Made me think a bit about some things…God bless you ALL

What a great documentary! It really gave me a lot to think about.

Great film!! Glad to see you tonight!

Loved it. Time for some thought and prayers and see what road lies ahead.

Sure opened my eyes.

Praise God for His work and His goodness in all of this!

The film held my interest and I felt more well-informed. The film seems like a good overview of homelessness along with the story of Melany‘s particular call to ministry. Churches, social work/psychology students, police training come to mind as target audiences.

Phil Gioja and Isaac Christian Musgrave are rockstars!

I am so impressed with your talents! What an excellent film!!! You did a tremendous job and I am not surprised you are winning awards for it! Congratulations!

Watching that film just puts something in people’s heart to give and help those that need it. I had no idea so many people were without a home in the champaign area alone.

Definitely a great story and film!

Wow! God is working.

The Documentary was a “10”, but afterwards Melanie and Tony were a “15”! I wish I was Qualified to Professionally Comment on what We Experienced tonight, but I was Rendered Speechless! I do Recommend Everyone to watch “The Phoenix Hope is Rising”!!

A very well done documentary about an amazing ministry!

Thank you Phil and Melany for coming to St. Paul’s and sharing this with us.

This was totally awesome! Thank you for coming and sharing with us.

So happy for all of you. Your very hard work has paid off. I can’t wait to see it.

This is awesome Phil. Your work is second to none because you lead every project with Jesus and your heart. So proud of you brother!

Congratulations on your success with this amazing film!

I am so pleased with how well received this has been.

The real reward is the lives you are changing.

Really impressed with how smooth it is!

Great work on the film — thank you for sharing your gifts for production in this way.

Very enlightening, very touching… all ’round well done. Kudos to all involved!

Loved the film! You clearly spent many hours filming and editing. For a $3000 budget I can’t imagine how you pulled it off. It was also great to see such a quality production at local events. Thank you!

This film should be shown to students attending universities and colleges where homelessness exists. This would definitely help educate and help ‘open the eyes and hearts’ of many.

Amazing footage, so beautiful, keep up the great work.

Wow, there is a lot more here than I expected.

Powerful. I am rather blown away by it.

I can see now how much film footage and time it took to put this all together. Wow those guys spent a LOT of time on this project.